													John Kastellec
													June 8th, 2020

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This file contains instructions for replicating the empirical results in "Race, Context, and Judging on the Courts of Appeals: Race-Based Panel Effects in Death Penalty Cases."
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-- The script "kastellec_dp_panel_effects_and_race_replication_file.R" performs all the analyses in the paper and creates all the graphs.

-- The script calls three data files:
	-- "death_sentences_by_year.xlxs" contains data on the number of death sentences per year
	-- "gss_death_penalty_by_race_for_analysis.xlsx" contains data on public opinion on the death penalty.
	-- "liebman_case_data_for_replication_script.dta" contains the dataset of death penalty decisions analyzed in the paper.
	